Category Archives: Music

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le Dimanche dans l’Octave de Noël (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Dum medium silentium
Motet at the Offertory: Pastores loquebantur (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Et venerunt festinantes (Clemens)
Postlude: Les enfants de Dieu (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Once in Royal David’s City (Irby)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Communion: Tolle, puerum (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Coventry Carol
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 738) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Puer natus est (William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
Motet at the Communon: Iam nubes / Iam novum (anonymous, XIV C.; Codex Las Huelgas)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Final from Symphonie Gothique (Puer natus est) (Op. 70) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Yours are the heavens (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham, Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.

Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
Carol: En el taller de Nazaret
Motet: There Is No Rose (anon., XV C.)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Coventry Carol
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham, Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Psallite unigenito (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Motet at the Offertory: Hodie Christus natus est (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Monday, 24 December 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Vigil Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Hodie scietis
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
Offertory: O Princes, lift up your gates (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Motet at the Offertory: In dulci jubilo (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Communion: Revelabitur (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Nowell Sing We (anon. English, XV C.)
Carol at the Communion: I Sing of a Maiden that is Mateless (Charles F. Waters)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Domine et noli tardare (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce Virgo concipiet (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v, solemn)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Veni Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Messe de Toulouse (anonymous, XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete in Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Beatus Joannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, Divine Messiah (Venez, Divin Messie)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: O Lord, You have blessed Your land (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Juan García de Salazar, 1639-1710)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Missa Clemens et benigna (Firminus Caron, fl. 1460-1475)
Motet at the Offertory: Laetatus sum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Motet at the Communion: Cum audisset Joannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

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Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: You will turn toward us (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary's Choir

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Music for the Second Sunday of Advent and Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 1:15 p.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Desde el cielo (Las Apariciones Guadalupana)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymns at the Offertory: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sanctissima
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Procession through Norwalk to follow Mass.

El Coro Hispano de Santa María
The St. Mary's Choir

Saturday, 8 December 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa super Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Tota pulchra es (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Postlude: Pièce términal pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Missa Conditor alme siderum (Giovanni Animuccia, c.1520-1571)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725)
Communion: Dominus dabit benigntatem (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Erunt signa in sole (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode v)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Ioannis Baptistæ

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Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)